Advisors

Professor Walsh is one of Ireland’s most experienced diagnostics entrepreneurs and now holds the post of Bio-Innovator in Residence with Dublin City University.

He is currently executive director and CSO of Trinity Biotech Plc, (NASDAQ: TRIB) an Irish Diagnostics company and executive chairman of Biosensia Ltd., an Irish Point of Care Diagnostics Company. He is also an investor in and director of a number of early stage Diagnostic companies, including Enzolve Technologies Ltd. (Paediatric testing), Epona Biotech (Animal Haematology), Crescent Diagnostics Ltd., (Bone Health).

Prof. Walsh bring a wealth of commercial and industry expertise to the company.

Bill LiaoNon-executive Director

Bill is an Australian entrepreneur, venture capital investor, diplomat, author and speaker with a distinguished record in the areas of business, development and community activism. Bill is co-founder of the CoderDojo movement, a free global network formed to assist young people to learn how to computer program and Founder of WeForest, a global movement dedicated to planting trees and which now has seen 5 million trees planted around the world.

He is also the European venture partner for SOSV a $200m international investment fund and is currently running a Synthetic Biology Accelerator Program, IndieBio, in Cork, focusing on entrepreneurs building technologies in or around the field of Synthetic biology.

Previously, Bill co-founded XING, a pioneering business social networking platform in 2003 and served as COO of Davnet a telecommunications carrier that went public in the late 90’s. Bill serves as a special diplomatic envoy for St Kitt’s and Nevis, with an emphasis on sustainable development and the environment. Author of three books, he is a regular speaker at many events and venues such as The London School of Economics, The World Economic Forum, The Globe Forum in Sweden, The House of Commons and TED.

Prof. Jim Roberts MDAdvisory Board

Prof. Roberts is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Epidemiology and Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Pittsburgh. His research includes fundamental, clinical and health services approaches to the understanding and management of adverse pregnancy outcomes. He led a NIH RCT (10,000 women) of antioxidant vitamins to prevent preeclampsia. He was the recipient of lifetime achievement awards by the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy and the SGI and the 2008 Preeclampsia Foundation Hope Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has served or serves on the editorial boards of journals including, Placenta, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology, Metabolism and Hypertension. He has been on scientific review boards of the NIH, the CIHR, the FDA and the March of Dimes. He was the chair of the NICHD Maternal Fetal Medicine Network from 1990 –1999 and is past president of the Perinatal Research Society, the North American Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, the Society of Gynecological Investigation and the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. Roberts was formally admitted to fellowship ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in September of 2000. He has been elected to membership in Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He has also received mentoring awards from the NICHD and the Society of Gynecological Investigation.

Brian Rappold PhDAdvisory Board

Brian Rappold is the Scientific Director at Essential Testing Laboratories in Collinsville, Il. He currently serves as the clinical chemistry chair for the American Society for Mass Spectrometry as well as on the scientific committees for endocrinology and small molecule analysis/toxicology for Mass Spectrometry: Applications to the Clinical Laboratory (MSACL). He has published scientific articles and presented his research at international conventions on topics including hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography for bio-analysis, multiplexed mass spectrometric detection of amino acidopathies, and the origins and solutions of ion suppression in electrospray ionization. He is a recognized expert in the field of method development and validation of mass spectrometry assays for clinical diagnostic use, teaching courses on the topic at numerous scientific conferences.

Rappold also co-authored the chapter “Development and Validation of Small Molecule Analytes By Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry” in the 6th edition of the Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics (2016). This classic chemistry reference is considered the most current and authoritative guidance on selecting, performing, and evaluating the results of new and established laboratory tests.